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	Starbase I wrote Starbase for my son, when he was 10 years old. The game is based on Missile Command, that runs on the Macintosh. Starbase is a simple game that younger children (3-10) will enjoy. Even adults might find it relaxing, occasionally. It teaches kids Windows concepts like pull down menus and dialog boxes, and it builds eye-hand coordination. Most importantly, though, it is fun. Keywords: Windows games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 4
	RIMTRIX "The game involves a series of slidable tiles, each bearing a pattern of tracks. On the right hand side of the screen is an indicator showing a series of colored balls and three colored cups. The balls will appear on the left hand side of the screen in the order they are shown. The object of the game is to catch the balls as they appear and direct them, by using the tiles, into the correspondingly coloured cups on the right... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 2
	Vegas Pro Video Poker - The WorkWare Company "Video poker machines are the most popular ""slot"" machines in Las Vegas and account for almost forty percent of the billions of dollars that tourists spend in Nevada casinos. VEGAS PRO takes you on a quick, happy trip to a casino to play the popular machine ""five card draw poker."" You bet and pull the handle and watch the cards line up. You can hold or draw each of the cards. Then you tell the machine to deal and get the good or bad news... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 7
	ChessNet - Design Track Now you and a friend can play chess over the modem with this network [only] game. Keywords: Windows games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 2
	Otra "Do you remember Simon? Simon was a hand-held electronic game, introduced in the mid 1970's. In it, you were challenged to reproduce an ever-growing sequence of flashing lights and musical tones, using four colored buttons. Its great success and simplicity spawned a huge number of imitators, and was largely responsible for the hand-held electronic game craze which continues to this day. Otra (from the spanish ""otra vez"", or ""one more time"") is a computerized memory game in the spirit of Simo... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 3
	Imperium Rex - Brainstorm Software "This is basically a world domination game: Your goal is to take over and rule all of civilization (for the good of the people). Strategy, tactics, and logistics all play a role in the success of your empire. You will start by ruling one city and having ownership of just a few objects. Then, you will seek out the establishments of your opponents and forcefully persuade them to follow your cause (since there is no time to reason with them)... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Strategy games Downloads: 14
	PowerChess - W. Wild The new version of PowerChess V5.3 is an easy to use chess playing program with a wide range of possibilities. Because of the clearly arranged screens and the complete implementation of the international chess rules (eg. 50 move drawing rule), PowerChess V5.3 can highly be recommended for chess classes and leisure time. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 56
	The Adventurers' Museum "Legacy of the Necromancer: Part I The Adventurers' Museum has been robbed by a wily demon, who has hidden his stolen loot away in a nearby cave, setting up traps and obstacles for the unwary person attempting to regain the treasures. While passing by the museum you are asked by the museum's curator to find the stolen treasures and return them to the museum. Deciding to aid the curator you set out to find the missing treasures and restore them to their proper place." Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Adventure games Downloads: 6
	AMADO - Yong Choi AMADO is a creative mind teasing game. It is not only challenging and stimulating, it exercises the brain as well. This unique game will build the creativity of the user along with increasing brain concentration while playing. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 9
	Multi-Game Demo (F-15 Strike Eagle II, F-19 Stealth Fighter, Red Storm Rising, Tank Platoon) - MicroProse A collection of several slideshows for popular MicroProse games. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 11
	Robots from Hell - William R. Voss Deep beneath the surface of a small planetoid named Rhackpatooee live the Killer Robots from Hell. These robots were manufactured by the Killer Robots from Hell Corporation of Des Moines Iowa (a division of EXXON Inc.) The original purpose of these robots is unknown but it was obviously NOT cleaning up oil spills. As the game begins, the robots are diligently attempting to prevent you from converting oxygen to carbon dioxide... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 29
	The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! - Paragon Software "Dear Mighty Marvel Computer Whiz: Zoom back in time, in your imagination, to the early days of World War II. America needed a hero to inspire us in the fight against Nazi tyrannyÃ¢â‚¬â€and it got one! His name was Steve Rogers, but the world knew him as the star-spangled sentinel of liberty, Captain America! Now, rocket ahead twenty-two years to 1963, when a shy high-school student was bitten by a radioactive spider... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 16
	Galactic Battle "GALACTIC BATTLE is a space shoot-em up arcade game for one player. Its setting is an interplanetary spaceship which is controlled by its captain -- you! -- against attacks by hordes of evil aliens. Your object in the game is to defeat as many of the enemy as possible, while enhancing the features of your ship, and maximizing your score. The game features an infinite number of levels, each consisting of 11 different waves of aliens... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 5
	Beyond Columns - Brad P. Taylor The original Columns game was invented for the X windows system by Jay Geertsen of HP. I got my idea from a ported version for the IBM by Nathan Meyers. I liked the game so much I wanted to see if I could write my own version. (This was my first attempt) There is a boss key feature you can access by passing as a parameter the program you want to run (i.e. BEYOND C:COMMAND.COM this example will run command.com as the selected boss key program.) This game is one of the few good games that are free... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 6
	WORDSEARCH/BINGO POWER - WISCO Computing WORDSEARCH/BINGO POWER will create and print out word searches, vocabulary bingo cards and flash cards from your words and definitions. The word search size can be varied up to 17 columns and 17 rows. Below the word search, the hidden word, a definition of the word, or the first letter of the hidden word with trailing blanks can be printed. A variety of VOCABULARY BINGO CARDS can also be created and printed from your list of vocabulary words... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 15
	egaint Tetris Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 3
	Midnight Oil - Randy Rasa Midnight Oil, also known as "La Belle Lucie" and "Three Shuffles and a Draw", is one of the few solitaire card games that offers both challenging play and a reasonable chance to win. It is also highly addictive; once you get into it, you'll be "burning the midnight oil" more often than not. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 42
	Conquest - SPETER Software "This game is a strategy war game played on a map. The objective of the game is to capture all the enemy cities. The game is written in Turbo Pascal. " Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Strategy games Downloads: 10
	Gravity Wars "Gravity Wars is a two-player game (or one-player if he plays against himself.) The players choose ships (one the Enterprise, the other Klingon) and try to shoot down each other by specifying angles and initial velocities for the missiles. Missiles move under the influence of the gravitational fields of the various planets in the Gravity Wars universe. The planets are the spherical and colored (Red, Green, or Blue) with each color representing a density: Red=1.0, Green=1.5, Blue=2.0... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 4
	MouseJet You are the pilot of MouseJet, the U.S. Air Force's deadliest fighter aircraft. Intelligence sources report a squadron of 16 enemy MIGs in your airspace. Don't worry about finding them ... they'll find you. Do, however, be sure to shoot them down before they blow you out of the sky. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 3
	PC-Fender - Bruce Mealey This is a public domain version of the arcade classic defender. It requires a 286 processor and EGA display. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 41
	Farkle - MightySoft Productions Farkle is a dice game employing six dice by which a score is accumulated. By rolling certain dice and combination's of dice, a predetermined score is achieved to win the game. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 11
	Poker Solitaire - Gellman Software "Poker Solitaire, sometimes called Poker Squares, is a solitaire card game that rewards both lucky guessing and accurate calculation of odds. Card games, by their very nature, are very well suited for computer adaptations, since the computer can take care of tedious tasks such as dealing the cards, keeping track of legal moves, and score-keeping, leaving the player free to concentrate on the game itself... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 7
	Guitar Master - Spartan Software Systems Welcome to Guitar Master Demo, a demonstration of Spartan Software Systems Music Series product, Guitar Master. Guitar Master is an IBM PC, XT, AT and PS/2 compatible software program that combines the powerful features of a sequencer with the flexibility of MIDI to create a comprehensive guitar exploration and learning environment. Guitar Master is to the guitarist what the word processor has been to the writer... Keywords: DOS applications; Vintage computer applications Downloads: 54
	Space Shades - Rich Frank "Space Shades places you in the cockpit of a space cruiser. You control your ship, a space station, and a spy remote while exploring planets in preparation for your encounter with a hostile enemy. Space Shades is designed to provide the feel of a flight simulator, while presenting bit-mapped images of the objects you see when operated in graphics mode. During play, you look directly out a window into 3D Space... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 23
	The Black Orb The Black Orb is based heavily off of Gauntlet. It even includes a level editor to edit the included levels. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 13
	Golf Keywords: Windows games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 9
	Crazy Shuffle - Alive Software Fun memory game for any age. Challenging and educational puzzle game sometimes called CONCENTRATION, it tests the player's memory and concentration skills. A picture matching game with colorful graphics, a lot of levels, SoundBlaster or PC speaker musi and game variations. Use a mouse or the keyboard. Shareware version Includes several playing cards. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 4
	P.O.D. Wars - Merwin Updyke "The comfortized society of the late 2100s can be quite boring. Apart from the attacks on earth by the Zonrins some fifty years ago, there has been only technological changes for over one hundred years. There is very little challenge in day to day living. This has lead some of the more adventuresome to equip their Personal Observation Droids (PODS) with lasers and impulse cannons and send them out in search of the precious metal Qzrn (pronounced Cues-rin)... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 10
	Skyland's Star - Castle Software Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Adventure games Downloads: 5
	Jason Jupiter, Star Cadet "Jason Jupiter has been called in on the deadly mission of decontaminating the planet Shufti-Arquar III by the Galactic Federation. The fragments of radioactove borxidium naturally form the shape of a golden heart when open to the air. Unfortunately Jason couldn't get to the planet quick enough to stop some of the creatures on Shufti-Arquar III becoming terribly mutated and ferocious. The main offender is called the Glutanous-Green-Groted-Gronge... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 7
	Grand Prix - Hole in the Wall izard Games offers you the unique opportunity to indulge your fantasy of managing a formula 1 racing team. You handle the finances, hire and fire drivers and staff, make the crucial race decisions, design, construct, and test the car and - if you're good enough - achieve the satisfaction of winning the constructors' championship. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 382
	Apollo Mission Simulator The Apollo Mission Simulator is, by design, NOT an easy game to master. It may be several weeks before you attempt a full mission, and it may take a dozen tries before you land successfully. DO NOT DESPAIR! Tutorials and training missions will help you become familiar with flying the Landing Vehicle. After sufficient practice, you will achieve a 90-95% success rate. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 35
	Return to Kroz - Apogee Software "Return to Kroz (also known as Shrine of Kroz, and Castle of Kroz) is episode 4 in the series - Volume I of the Super Kroz Trilogy. In your search for the previous Crown within the mysterious kingdom of Kroz you have blundered upon a secret passage leading deep into the Earth. With your worn lantern you journey downward void of fear, sweat beading on your forehead as you anticipate great treasures... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Adventure games Downloads: 14
	Solitile - Everett Kaser "Solitile is a game of solitaire, played with ""tiles"". It derives from several similar games, such as ""Shanghai"", ""Gunshy"", and ""Mahjongg"", which are played with Mah-Jong tiles. Solitile plays the same game, but adds new starting layouts and the ability for the player to create new layouts and/or modify the layouts provided. It has, built-in, ""westernized"" pictures on the faces of the tiles, and can also use alternate tile-sets, and the program includes a tile editor so that the user m... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 84
	KLOTZ KLOTZ is a game of falling pieces similar to TETRIS for use under Microsoft Windows. Why yet another version of TETRIS? The first reason simply was the wish to have my very own version of this game, as everyone else seems to have. At the CeBit in Hannover here in Germany most booths had some equipment showing falling colored pieces, somehow. In the middle of 1989 a flood of tetris clones started to show up on usenet... Keywords: Windows games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 15
	BATFISH: Submarine Combat Simulator "Congratulations, Captain! CINCLANTFLT has just issued new orders. You have just been promoted out from behind your desk at Fleet Operations Headquarters. With no actual experience in submarine command, fleet operations or combat strategy, you have been selected by the review board as being more than qualified to fill the vacancy. You will take command of a Fleet Class Submarine without delay (or any training)... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 36
	SimCity Demo - Maxis Software Design and Build the City of Your Dreams Fight crime, unemployment and pollution. Control budgets, transit and population. Create industry, shopping centers, parks, stadiums, seaports and airports. Pre-built cities include: Tokyo, San Francisco, Bern, Hamburg, Rio De Janeiro, Detroit and Boston. Confront disasters, floods, earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, meltdowns and monsters. Real-time graphics and demographic mapping keep you constantly informed... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 282
	Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals - Sierra On-Line "The game takes place on Nontoonyt Island, the tropical setting from the previous game which has since been transformed into a resort. Like the city setting of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, the island has several areas and is fully-explorable at the game's start. The controls feature a mouse-based interface and a text parser for directing the Larry's actions. Littered throughout the resort are Larry's potential mates; whenever the player interacts with these women, they a... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Adventure games Downloads: 83
	Beetris - Simsalabim Software A cool tetris clone with a honeycomb shaped playing field, and hexagon styled blocks. Instead of vertical and horizontal lines, you need to fill them in diagonally. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 41
	LIFE-21 "What the heck is this game of Life, and who is J. H. Conway? John Horton Conway is an outstanding mathematician and a creator of mathematical games. He created his game of Life in the late '60s at the University of Cambridge. Life is a simulation game which uses a harshly Spartan set of rules to generate a lavish universe of unlimited possibilities. The simulation in Life is played out (theoretically) on an infinite two-dimensional grid where each square of the grid can either be occupied by a ... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 7
	RatMaze "This game is actually quite simple, yet it is not so easy to win. You are a runner that has descended into a rat infested maze of pipes and chambers. Your objective for the game is to capture the stars, which are scattered all throughout the maze. However, in this quest to capture these stars, big ugly mean Rats will try to catch you. Avoid the rats and capture the stars, and you will have the chance to move down to the other levels... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 5
	Martian Colony Water Simulator "The Martian Colony Water Simulator is the product of the 1989 Engineering Design Student Challenge, a competition recently held at Purdue University, sponsored by the Engineering Student Council and the General Electric corporation. Students formed teams with members from a variety of engineering disciplines, with the purpose of creating a general plan for a manned outpost on the planet Mars, and then selecting a particular subsystem of such a colony for in-depth examination, such as power syst... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 7
	Turbo Texas Hold'Em - Bob Wilson "Turbo Texas Hold'Em is designed to help you save money and make money playing poker. The essence of poker is decision-making. We are confronted with one situation after another and must choose from among several alternative courses of action. The essence of decision-making is experience. You probably would not board an airplane if you knew the pilot had never flown before, even if he or she had read all the books... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 66
	Begin - Clockwork Software "Unlike almost all other ""Trek"" games, Begin does not employ the unrealistic ""quadrant-sectors"" or the ""Mass Hoard of aliens"" approach. Instead, all ships are created equal with intelligent enemy strategy being used to defeat the unsuspecting human player. For the novice player even a one-on-one scenario is quite a challenge. Begin also features four different nations, Federation, Klingon, Romulan and Orion, with the human player becoming the nation of their choice... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Simulation games Downloads: 12
	xTetris xTetris is a video game much like the popular TETRIS, but shapes are composed not only of squares, but of tirangles, as well. If a triangle fits against another triangle, as to complete a square, the triangle will slide off the second if it can. The x particle which falls periodically is your gift; it will destroy the first particle it touches. Use it to clean up after yourself. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Puzzle games Downloads: 19
	Menace - DMA Design Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 8
	Shut The Box "From coins covering numbers scratched into the deck of a fishing boat to the high-tech glitz of the TV game show High Rollers, Shut The Box in its many guises has been around since the 18th century, when it is thought to have been invented by fishermen in the Channel Islands. Its simplicity (very young children easily understand and enjoy it), coupled with the fun of trying to ""beat the odds"" have made it an old standard, especially in the British Isles, where it remains a popular pub game to... Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 5
	TURB-OPOLY Rhymes with Monopoly. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Board games Downloads: 6
	The Adventures of Captain Comic - Michael A. Denio You are Captain Comic, galactic hero. Your mission is to recover three treasures from the planet Omsoc, which have been stolen away and hidden on the remote planet of Tambi. Your task will not be easy, you will need to gather tools to increase your fighting and defensive capability, navigate dangerous terrain, and avoid or destroy a horde of deadly creatures. It will take all of the Captain's skill and wit to see the treasures returned to Omsoc. Keywords: DOS games; Vintage computer games; Action games Downloads: 28